Japan at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Infobox Olympics Japan
games=1988 Summer
competitors=255 (186 men and 69 women)
sports=23
flagbearer=Mikako Kotani
gold=4
silver=3
bronze=7
total=14

Japan competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, Korea.

Medalists

Gold

* Hitoshi Saito — Judo, Men's Heavyweight (+ 95 kg)
* Daichi Suzuki — Swimming, Men's 100 m Backstroke
* Takashi Kobayashi — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Light-Flyweight (48 kg)
* Mitsuru Sato — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Flyweight (52 kg)

Silver

* Tomoko Hasegawa — Shooting, 25 m pistol (30+30 shots) Women
* Akira Ota — Wrestling, Men's FreestyleLight-Heavyweight (90 kg)
* Atsuji Miyahara — Wrestling, Men's Greco-RomanFlyweight (52 kg)

Bronze

* Yukio Iketani — Artistic Gymnastics, Men's Floor Exercises
* Hiriyuki Konishi, Takahiro Yamada, Toshiharu Sato, Daisuke Nishikawa, Koichi Mizushima, and Yukio Iketani — Artistic Gymnastics, Men's Team Competition
* Shinji Hosokawa — Judo, Men's 60 kg
* Yosuke Yamamoto — Judo, Men's 65 kg
* Akinobu Osako — Judo, Men's 86 kg (Middleweight)
* Miyako Tanaka and Mikako Kotani — Synchronized Swimming, Women's Duet
* Mikako Kotani — Synchronized Swimming, Women's Solo

Results by event

=Archery=

In their fourth Olympic archery competition, Japan was unable to win any medals. Defending bronze medallist Hiroshi Yamamoto placed eighth, the only individual archer to make the finals. The men's team placed sixth overall, while the women's team was last place.

Women's Individual Competition:
* Toyoka Oki — Preliminary round (→ 31st place)
* Keiko Nakagomi — Preliminary round (→ 52nd place)
* Kyoko Kitahara — Preliminary round (→ 53rd place)

Men's Individual Competition:
* Hiroshi Yamamoto — Final (→ 8th place)
* Takayoshi Matsushita — Quarterfinal (→ 14th place)
* Terushi Furuhashi — Preliminary round (→ 40th place)

Women's Team Competition:
* Oki, Nakagomi, and Kitahara — Preliminary round (→ 15th place)

Men's Team Competition:
* Yamamoto, Matsushita, and Furuhashi — Final (→ 6th place)

=Athletics=

Men's 100 metres
*Koji Kurihara
*Takahiko Kasahara
*Tomohiro Osawa

Men's 200 metres
*Kenji Yamauchi

Men's 400 metres
*Susumu Takano

Men's 5,000 metres
*Shuichi Yoneshige

Men's 10,000 metres
* Kozo Akutsu :* Heat — 28:16.43:* Final — 28:09.70 (→ 14th place)

* Shuichi Yoneshige :* Heat — 28:26.04 :* Final — 29:04.44 (→ 17th place)

* Tsukasa Endo:* Heat — did not finish (→ did not advance)

Men's Marathon
* Takeyuki Nakayama :* Final — 2:11:05 (→ 4th place)

* Toshihiko Seko :* Final — 2:13:41 (→ 9th place)

* Hisatoshi Shintaku :* Final — 2:15:42 (→ 17th place)

Men's 4x100m Relay
* Kaoru Matsubara, Shinji Aoto, Koji Kurihara, and Takahiro Kasahara:* Heat — 39.70
* Shinji Aoto, Kenji Yamauchi, Koji Kurihara, and Susumu Takano:* Semi Final — 38.90 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4x400m Relay
* Hirofumi Koike, Kenji Yamauchi, Hiromi Kawasumi, and Susumu Takano:* Heat — 3:05.63:* Semi Final — 3:03.80 (→ did not advance)

Men's Long Jump
* Hiroyuki Shibata:* Qualification — 7.48m (→ did not advance)

* Junichi Usui:* Qualification — NM (→ did not advance)

Men's Triple Jump
* Norifumi Yamashita

Men's Javelin Throw
* Kazuhiro Mizoguchi:* Qualification — 77.46m (→ did not advance)

* Masami Yoshida:* Qualification — 76.90m (→ did not advance)

Men's 20km Walk
* Tadahiro Kosaka
* Hirofumi Sakai

Men's 50km Walk
* Tadahiro Kosaka:* Final — 4'03:12 (→ 31st place)
Women's 10,000 metres
*Akemi Matsuno

Women's Marathon
* Eriko Asai :* Final — 2:34:41 (→ 25th place)

* Kumi Araki :* Final — 2:35:15 (→ 28th place)
* Misako Miyahara :* Final — 2:35:26 (→ 29th place)

Women's High Jump
*Megumi Sato

Women's Javelin Throw
* Emi Matsui:* Qualification — 56.26m (→ did not advance)

=Boxing=

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48kg)
* Mamoru Kuroiwa :* First Round — Lost to Ochirin Demberel (MGL), KO-3

=Cycling=

Women's Individual Road Race
* Terumi Ogura — 2:00:52 (→ 30th place)
* Natsue Seki — 2:14:32 (→ 50th place)

= Handball =

Men's Team Competition

* Preliminary Round (Group B):* vs East Germany (18 — 25):* vs Spain (19 — 25):* vs Hungary (19 — 22):* vs South Korea (24 — 33):* vs Czechoslovakia (17 — 21)
*Classification Match :*11th/12th place: vs United States 24 — 21 (→ 11th place)
*Team Roster:*Hidetada Ito :*Hiroshi Yanai :*Izumi Fujii :*Kazuhiro Miyashita :*Kenji Tamamura :*Kiyoshi Nishiyama :*Kodo Yamamoto :*Koji Tachiki :*Seiichi Takamura :*Shinichi Shudo :*Shinji Okuda :*Takashi Taguchi :*Toshiyuki Yamamura :*Yoshihiro Nikawadori :*Yukihiro Hashimoto

= Modern pentathlon =

Men's Individual Competition:
* Hiroshi Saito — 4881pts (→ 30th place)
* Tadafumi Miwa — 4517pts (→ 51st place)
* Hiroaki Izumikawa — 3722pts (→ 63rd place)

Men's Team Competition:
* Saito, Miwa, and Izumikawa — 13120pts (→ 17th place)

= Swimming =

Men's 100 m Freestyle
* Shigeo Ogata:* Heat — 52.08 (→ did not advance, 32nd place)

Men's 200 m Freestyle
* Shigeo Ogata:* Heat — 1:51.14:* B-Final — 1:51.89 (→ 15th place)

Men's 400 m Freestyle
* Yoshiyuki Mizumoto:* Heat — 4:02.02 (→ did not advance, 32nd place)

* Shigeo Ogata:* Heat — 4:05.68 (→ did not advance, 38th place)

Men's 1500 m Freestyle
* Masashi Kato:* Heat — 15:47.35 (→ did not advance, 25th place)

* Yoshiyuki Mizumoto:* Heat — 15:52.06 (→ did not advance, 27th place)

Men's 100 m Backstroke
* Daichi Suzuki:* Heat — 55.90:* Final — 55.05 (→ Gold Medal)

* Shigemori Maruyama:* Heat — 57.54:* B-Final — 57.13 (→ 12th place)

Men's 200 m Backstroke
* Daichi Suzuki:* Heat — 2:03.36:* B-Final — 2:04.67 (→ 15th place)

* Shigemori Maruyama:* Heat — 2:09.16 (→ did not advance, 32nd place)

Men's 100 m Breaststroke
* Hironobu Nagahata:* Heat — 1:04.02:* B-Final — 1:03.89 (→ 13th place)

* Kenji Watanabe:* Heat — 1:04.35 (→ did not advance, 18th place)

Men's 200 m Breaststroke
* Shigehiro Takahashi:* Heat — 2:17.69:* B-Final — 2:18.03 (→ 10th place)

* Hironobu Nagahata:* Heat — 2:22.23 (→ did not advance, 30th place)

Men's 100 m Butterfly
* Hiroshi Miura:* Heat — 54.82:* B-Final — 54.98 (→ 14th place)

* Yukinori Tanaka:* Heat — 56.19 (→ did not advance, 24th place)

Men's 200 m Butterfly
* Satoshi Takeda:* Heat — 2:01.42:* B-Final — 2:02.18 (→ 15th place)

* Hiroshi Miura:* Heat — 2:02.30 (→ did not advance, 19th place)

Men's 200 m Individual Medley
* Takahiro Fujimoto:* Heat — 2:07.23 (→ did not advance, 19th place)

* Satoshi Takeda:* Heat — 2:08.11 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)

Men's 400 m Individual Medley
* Yoshiyuki Mizumoto:* Heat — 4:28.11 (→ did not advance, 17th place)

* Takahiro Fujimoto:* Heat — 4:33.03 (→ did not advance, 25th place)

Men's 4x100 m Medley Relay
* Daichi Suzuki, Hironobu Nagahata, Hiroshi Miura, and Shigeo Ogata:* Heat — 3:46.88:* Final — 3:44.36 (→ 5th place)

Women's 50 m Freestyle
* Ayako Nakano:* Heat — 26.44:* B-Final — 26.45 (→ 12th place)

* Kaori Sasaki:* Heat — 26.61 (→ did not advance, 20th place)

Women's 100 m Freestyle
* Ayako Nakano:* Heat — 57.29:* B-Final — 56.72 (→ 10th place)

* Kaori Sasaki:* Heat — 58.40 (→ did not advance, 32nd place)

Women's 200 m Freestyle
* Chikako Nakamori:* Heat — 2:01.76:* B-Final — 2:02.31 (→ 14th place)

* Kaori Sasaki:* Heat — 2:06.18 (→ did not advance, 29th place)

Women's 400 m Freestyle
* Chikako Nakamori:* Heat — 4:15.51:* B-Final — 4:15.59 (→ 15th place)

* Tomomi Hosoda:* Heat — 4:17.30 (→ did not advance, 19th place)

Women's 800 m Freestyle
* Tomomi Hosoda:* Heat — 8:39.55 (→ did not advance, 11th place)

Women's 100 m Backstroke
* Satoko Morishita:* Heat — 1:05.38 (→ did not advance, 24th place)

* Tomoko Onogi:* Heat — 1:06.14 (→ did not advance, 26th place)

Women's 200 m Backstroke
* Satoko Morishita:* Heat — 2:18.74:* B-Final — 2:18.78 (→ 14th place)

* Tomoko Onogi:* Heat — 2:21.46 (→ did not advance, 20th place)

Women's 100 m Breaststroke
* Yoshie Nishioka:* Heat — 1:13.36 (→ did not advance, 24th place)

* Hiroko Nagasaki:* Heat — 1:16.63 (→ did not advance, 26th place)

Women's 200 m Breaststroke
* Yoshie Nishioka:* Heat — 2:35.81 (→ did not advance, 19th place)

* Hiroko Nagasaki:* Heat — 2:37.44 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)

Women's 100 m Butterfly
* Kiyomi Takahashi:* Heat — 1:02.04:* B-Final — 1:01.80 (→ 10th place)

* Takayo Kitano:* Heat — 1:02.35:* B-Final — 1:02.53 (→ 14th place)

Women's 200 m Butterfly
* Kiyomi Takahashi:* Heat — 2:12.68:* Final — 2:11.62 (→ 6th place)

* Takayo Kitano:* Heat — 2:15.41:* B-Final — 2:15.61 (→ 14th place)

Women's 200 m Individual Medley
* Yoshie Nishioka:* Heat — 2:20.20:* B-Final — 2:20.43 (→ 16th place)

* Hiroyo Harada:* Heat — 2:22.59 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)

Women's 400 m Individual Medley
* Yoshie Nishioka:* Heat — 4:55.31 (→ did not advance, 19th place)

* Hiroyo Harada:* Heat — 5:00.92 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)

Women's 4x100 m Medley Relay
* Satoko Morishita, Yoshie Nishioka, Kiyomi Takahashi, and Ayako Nakano:* Heat — 4:18.88 (→ did not advance, 12th place)

=Tennis=

Women's Singles Competition
*Kumiko Okamoto:* First Round — Lost to Catarina Lindqvist (Sweden) 6-7, 5-7

*Etsuko Inoue:* First Round — Lost to Il-Soon Kim (South Korea) 3-6, 6-3, 5-7

=Volleyball=

Men's Team Competition

*Preliminary Round (Group B):* Lost to United States (0-3):* Lost to Argentina (1-3):* Lost to France (1-3):* Defeated Tunisia (3-0):* Lost to the Netherlands (0-3)
*Classification Matches:* 9th/12th place: Defeated South Korea (3-2):* 9th/10th place: Lost to Italy (2-3) → Tenth place
*Team Roster:*Akihiro Iwashima:*Yasunori Kumada:*Eizaburo Mitsuhashi:*Masayoshi Manabe:*Yuji Kasama:*Kazutomo Yoneyama:*Hiromichi Kageyama:*Hideharu Hara:*Kimio Sugimoto:*Yuzuru Inoue:*Masaki Kaito:*Shunichi Kawai
*Head Coach: Kazuya Mitake

Women's Team Competition

* Preliminary Round (Group A):* Defeated Soviet Union (3-2):* Lost to East Germany (2-3):* Defeated South Korea (3-1)
* Semi Finals:* Lost to Peru (2-3)
* Final:* Lost to PR China (0-3) → Fourth place
* Team Roster:*Yumi Maruyama:*Kayoko Sugiyama:*Reiko Takizawa:*Miyako Yamashita:*Akemi Sugiyama:*Ichiko Sato:*Norie Hiro:*Kumi Nakada:*Yukari Kawase:*Motoko Obayashi:*Yukiko Takahashi:*Sachiko Fujita
*Head Coach: Noriyuki Muneuchi

References

* [http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/JPN/summer/1988/ sports-reference]